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>SELECT INTO</H1
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><H2
>Name</H2
>SELECT INTO&nbsp;--&nbsp;define a new table from the results of a query</DIV
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><A
NAME="AEN75222"
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><H2
>Synopsis</H2
><PRE
CLASS="SYNOPSIS"
>[ WITH [ RECURSIVE ] <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>with_query</I
></TT
> [, ...] ]
SELECT [ ALL | DISTINCT [ ON ( <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>expression</I
></TT
> [, ...] ) ] ]
    * | <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>expression</I
></TT
> [ [ AS ] <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>output_name</I
></TT
> ] [, ...]
    INTO [ TEMPORARY | TEMP | UNLOGGED ] [ TABLE ] <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>new_table</I
></TT
>
    [ FROM <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>from_item</I
></TT
> [, ...] ]
    [ WHERE <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>condition</I
></TT
> ]
    [ GROUP BY <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>expression</I
></TT
> [, ...] ]
    [ HAVING <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>condition</I
></TT
> [, ...] ]
    [ WINDOW <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>window_name</I
></TT
> AS ( <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>window_definition</I
></TT
> ) [, ...] ]
    [ { UNION | INTERSECT | EXCEPT } [ ALL | DISTINCT ] <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>select</I
></TT
> ]
    [ ORDER BY <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>expression</I
></TT
> [ ASC | DESC | USING <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>operator</I
></TT
> ] [ NULLS { FIRST | LAST } ] [, ...] ]
    [ LIMIT { <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>count</I
></TT
> | ALL } ]
    [ OFFSET <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>start</I
></TT
> [ ROW | ROWS ] ]
    [ FETCH { FIRST | NEXT } [ <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>count</I
></TT
> ] { ROW | ROWS } ONLY ]
    [ FOR { UPDATE | SHARE } [ OF <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>table_name</I
></TT
> [, ...] ] [ NOWAIT ] [...] ]</PRE
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><H2
>Description</H2
><P
>   <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>SELECT INTO</TT
> creates a new table and fills it
   with data computed by a query.  The data is not returned to the
   client, as it is with a normal <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>SELECT</TT
>.  The new
   table's columns have the names and data types associated with the
   output columns of the <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>SELECT</TT
>.
  </P
></DIV
><DIV
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><A
NAME="AEN75248"
></A
><H2
>Parameters</H2
><P
></P
><DIV
CLASS="VARIABLELIST"
><DL
><DT
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>TEMPORARY</TT
> or <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>TEMP</TT
></DT
><DD
><P
>     If specified, the table is created as a temporary table.  Refer
     to <A
HREF="sql-createtable.html"
>CREATE TABLE</A
> for details.
    </P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>UNLOGGED</TT
></DT
><DD
><P
>     If specified, the table is created as an unlogged table.  Refer
     to <A
HREF="sql-createtable.html"
>CREATE TABLE</A
> for details.
    </P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>new_table</I
></TT
></DT
><DD
><P
>      The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the table to be created.
     </P
></DD
></DL
></DIV
><P
>   All other parameters are described in detail under <A
HREF="sql-select.html"
>SELECT</A
>.
  </P
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></A
><H2
>Notes</H2
><P
>   <A
HREF="sql-createtableas.html"
>CREATE TABLE AS</A
> is functionally similar to
   <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>SELECT INTO</TT
>.  <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>CREATE TABLE AS</TT
>
   is the recommended syntax, since this form of <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>SELECT
   INTO</TT
> is not available in <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>ECPG</SPAN
>
   or <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>PL/pgSQL</SPAN
>, because they interpret the
   <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>INTO</TT
> clause differently. Furthermore,
   <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>CREATE TABLE AS</TT
> offers a superset of the
   functionality provided by <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>SELECT INTO</TT
>.
  </P
><P
>   Prior to <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>PostgreSQL</SPAN
> 8.1, the table created by
   <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>SELECT INTO</TT
> included OIDs by default. In
   <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>PostgreSQL</SPAN
> 8.1, this is not the case
   &mdash; to include OIDs in the new table, the <A
HREF="runtime-config-compatible.html#GUC-DEFAULT-WITH-OIDS"
>default_with_oids</A
> configuration variable must be
   enabled. Alternatively, <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>CREATE TABLE AS</TT
> can be
   used with the <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>WITH OIDS</TT
> clause.
  </P
></DIV
><DIV
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><A
NAME="AEN75290"
></A
><H2
>Examples</H2
><P
>   Create a new table <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>films_recent</TT
> consisting of only
   recent entries from the table <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>films</TT
>:

</P><PRE
CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
>SELECT * INTO films_recent FROM films WHERE date_prod &gt;= '2002-01-01';</PRE
><P></P
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><A
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></A
><H2
>Compatibility</H2
><P
>   The SQL standard uses <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>SELECT INTO</TT
> to
   represent selecting values into scalar variables of a host program,
   rather than creating a new table.  This indeed is the usage found
   in <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>ECPG</SPAN
> (see <A
HREF="ecpg.html"
>Chapter 33</A
>) and
   <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>PL/pgSQL</SPAN
> (see <A
HREF="plpgsql.html"
>Chapter 39</A
>).
   The <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>PostgreSQL</SPAN
> usage of <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>SELECT
   INTO</TT
> to represent table creation is historical.  It is
   best to use <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>CREATE TABLE AS</TT
> for this purpose in
   new code.
  </P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN75307"
></A
><H2
>See Also</H2
><A
HREF="sql-createtableas.html"
>CREATE TABLE AS</A
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